Video Games

Philip Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value of  (a) video game exports and  (b) video game imports was in each year from 2001 to 2008.

Ian Lucas: Full figures are not separately identifiable for trade in video games as a whole: royalties, licence fees and trade in services associated with video games are not separately identifiable; nor are trade in goods figures for video games not for use with a television receiver. The figures in the following table are for trade in goods for video games for use with a television receiver (Harmonised System code 950410) recorded in the overseas trade statistics.
	
		
			   Exports  Imports 
			 2001 71 216 
			 2002 139 465 
			 2003 104 387 
			 2004 68 283 
			 2005 86 285 
			 2006 11 516 
			 2007 182 1,026 
			 2008 220 1,140